Hernial truss.



PATENTBD JULY 7, 1903.

No. 733,124. T. BEOKWITH.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HERN'IALTTRUSS.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.173a124, dated July 7,1903.

Application filed March 16, 1903. Serial No. 148,045. e (No model-i ToetZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TOWNSEND BEoKwrrH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bigflats, in the county of Ohemung and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses; and I-dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in trusses,its object being to provide means for supporting the truss belt and padin the proper position to retain the rupture, a further object being toprovide an improvedtruss which is simple in construction, durable inuse, efticieut in operation, and comparatively inexpensive ofproduction.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and-particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truss.Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view showingthe truss applied to the body of a person to be treated, the figurebeing indicated in dotted lines. Fig. at is a detail view of thetruss-pad. v

In the drawings I have illustrated a single truss adapted for a ruptureupon the right side of the body. The truss comprises the belt 1, thetruss-pad 2, and the supportingstrap 3. The belt or body-strap ispreferably elastic and has the truss-pad 2 secured upon one end of thesame. The truss-pad is preferably circular and constructed of woodorleather. The opposite'end of the belt is provided with a buckle 4, whichis adapted to adjustably engage the free end of a non-elasticadjusting-strap 5, detachably connected to the truss-pad at 6. By meansof this ad:- justing-strap and buckle the belt is adjusted upon the bodyof the wearer so that the trusspad bears with the necessary pressureupon the body.

The elastic perineal'strap 7 has one end detachably connected to thetruss-pad at 8 and its other end adj ustably engaged with a buckle 9,secured to aloop or slide 10=upon the rear portion'of the belt.

In order to permit the belt to be worn as loosely as possible and toprevent the same from slipping, I'provide the Suspender orsupportingstrap 3, which has its ends secured to thefront and rear of"the belt upon the side of the body where the rupture is located andwhich passes over the shoulder upon the opposite side of the body, asshown in Fig. 3. This strap maybe of any desired material and shape, butis preferably elastic and fiat and made adjustable by means of thepivoted jaw-clasp 11, which maybe of any desired construction. The endsof the shoulder-strap are detachably secured to the belt-in anypreferred-way. That illustrated in the drawings 7 consists in providingthe rearvend of the strap with an eye or buttonhole 12, formed in areinforced tip or end 13, which is adapted to be engaged with a button1-1, secured upon the loop or slide 10. The front end of thesupporting-strap is provided with a short connecting-strap 15, which isattached to same by the link or bail -16. Theend of thisconnecting-strap is formed witha buttonhole or eye 17, which engages abutton 18, attached to a loop or slide 19 upon the adjustingstrap '5.

. In the application of the device the belt is adjusted about the bodyof the person to be treated by means of the adjusting-strap 5 and buckle4 until the pad '2 bears with the proper pressure upon the body. Thesuspender-strap 3 is then passed over the shoulder upon the side of thebody opposite to that upon which the rupture is located and the ends ofsame secu red to the front and rear of the body-belt adjacent to therupture. It 'will be seen by thus supporting the belt that the same willbe prevented from slipping down and turning uponthe body and that thebelt may be worn more loosely than when the Suspender-strap is notemployed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring-a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a body-belt and a truss-pad carried thereby, ofan adjustable supporting-strap adapted to pass over the shoulder of thewearer upon the side of the body opposite that upon which the rupture islocated and having its ends detachably connected to the front and rearof the belt upon the ruptured side of the body, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with a belt provided with loops or slides upon thefront and rear of the same, and a truss-pad carried by said belt,of anelastic adjustable supporting-strap having its ends detachably securedto said loops or slides and passing over the shoulder of the wearer uponthe side of the body opposite that upon which the rupture is located,substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described,com-

prising a bod y-belt, a truss-pad carried thereby, slides or loops upon.the front and rear of said belt adjacent to said pad, buttons upon saidloops, an elastic supporting-strap adapted to pass over the shoulder ofthe wearer upon the side of the body opposite to that upon which therupture is located and provided with buttonholes in its ends to engagesaid buttons, and an adjusting-clasp upon said supporting-strap,substantially as described.

4:. The combination in a truss, and with a body-belt and a pad carriedthereby,of slides upon the front and rear of the belt, asupporting-strap having the ends connected to said slides and adapted toengage the body of the wearer upon the side opposite that on which therupture is located, and a perinea'l strap connected at front to the beltand at rear to the said rear slide, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

TOWNSEND BEOKWITH. Witnesses:

HENRY B. MINIER, THOMAS R. MINIER.

